u/Juancu

The Bard's signature Ballads have a powerful area effect (since they require the bard to be in a good center position, and use up your Weapon slot.)

Their basic attack, Mana Chord, makes it so the bard sometimes has extra mana (if it hit an enemy) or less mana (if it gifted an ally.) With variable mana, and mana-intensive Ballads, the bard would benefit from cheap spells, or spells with limited uses that can fill out their turns opportunistically.